…Researched and contributed by Larry John for TDPel Media.
Animal rights organization PETA has put up a controversial poster outside a chippy in Grimsby, Lincs., which depicts a smiling fishmonger holding up a dead fish that appears to be a dead cat when viewed from a different angle.
PETA said that it chose to display the poster in Grimsby because of the town’s association with the UK’s seafood processing industry.
But the move has angered some residents, including fishmonger Nathan Godley, who said the group was attempting to “tarnish” the town’s fishing industry.
PETA aims to raise awareness of the suffering experienced by fish and other animals in the fishing industry.
The group’s Vice President of Programs, Elisa Allen, said, “Fish are animals with feelings who can experience pain just as much as our animal companions can, yet fishers haul them out of the ocean, causing them to suffocate, and gut them while they’re still conscious.
Everyone deserves protection from abuse, and PETA is reminding Grimbarians that sea animals all have a will to live and don’t want to die for human dinners.”
However, Godley criticized the group’s direct action and branded PETA a “pain.”
He said that the fishing industry had a proud heritage and that thousands of jobs would be lost if it was abandoned overnight.
He also argued that the industry is more sustainable than ever before, with rules and regulations in place that prevent the overfishing of the seas.
“Those types of protesters just want an end to horse racing, and these kinds of protesters just want an end to fishing and eating of fish.
There’s no middle ground for these people,” he added.
Animal rights group PETA provokes controversy with poster in Grimsby
Animal rights group PETA has put up a poster outside a chippy in Grimsby, Lincs., that has caused controversy.
The poster features a smiling fishmonger holding up a dead fish that appears to be a dead cat when viewed from a different angle.
PETA chose to display the poster in Grimsby due to the town’s association with the UK’s seafood processing industry.
The group aims to raise awareness of the suffering experienced by fish and other animals in the fishing industry.
However, some locals, including fishmonger Nathan Godley, criticized PETA’s actions and said that the group was attempting to “tarnish” the town’s fishing industry.
PETA calls for protection of sea animals
Elisa Allen, the Vice President of Programs for PETA, said that “Fish are animals with feelings who can experience pain just as much as our animal companions can, yet fishers haul them out of the ocean, causing them to suffocate, and gut them while they’re still conscious.
Everyone deserves protection from abuse, and PETA is reminding Grimbarians that sea animals all have a will to live and don’t want to die for human dinners.”
Fishmonger defends the industry
Nathan Godley defended the fishing industry, saying that it had a proud heritage and that thousands of jobs would be lost if it were abandoned overnight.
He also argued that the industry was sustainable, with rules and regulations in place that prevented the overfishing of the seas.
He criticized PETA and other animal rights groups, saying that they did not offer a middle ground and just wanted an end to fishing and eating fish.